New Vista High School

New Vista High School is a tight-knit high school in BOULDER, Colorado, overseen by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2. The school hosts 327 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so New Vista High School sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, which oversees 56 schools and 27,988 students, New Vista High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, New Vista High School records that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Boulder County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, New Vista High School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, New Vista High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 52.4%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Boulder County shows median household income runs about $103,994, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Boulder County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students), of which New Vista High School is one.

University Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Vista High School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 69.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 304 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 12% across the same window.

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